Oh, the things we do for our dogs...

[Fentonite]

My old girl Cica has gotten too lame to walk more than about 20-30 feet. She used to love her walks, and now can't go.

Solution?...

We got her this contraption that can hook to a bicycle to pull her around, or you can push it like a stroller. She really likes going fast! (but it makes my poor old legs hurt). We get some funny looks, especially from moms pushing their kids around - they look and expect to see another baby, and the funny expressions start there.

[jackthewall81]

that awesome. beautiful old dog you have sir. i had a yellow lab that died in 98 and have been to scared to buy another dog that will be as awesome as mine. i have a cat and shes cool as hell. but i sure cant do anything like this with her. shed be jumping out killing every bird or squirrel on the path.

[WillysWagon]

Hahaha, that last pic is like "Pffffft, I get to ride, you go peddle faster now!!!"

[rondog]

God bless you for making the effort to do that for her! One of my girls is getting pretty gimpy too, breaks my heart.

Jackthewall81 - get yourself another dog! Don't deny yourself the joy, ALL dogs are awesome! I love my dogs and couldn't stand to be without at least one. If I lost one, I'd have another puppy before the dirt settled on her grave. My dogs love each other and are so used to having a companion to play with, each of them would be traumatized to be alone. I'm a believer that you should have at least two dogs, they need a buddy to hang with.

[sneakerd]

That's actually pretty caring.

[Fentonite]

Jackthewall81 - get yourself another dog! Don't deny yourself the joy, ALL dogs are awesome! I love my dogs and couldn't stand to be without at least one. If I lost one, I'd have another puppy before the dirt settled on her grave.

Agreed. You can't expect your next dog to be the same as your old lab, but you'll love him/her, and I promise, won't regret it.

[BigBear]

Outstanding, fantastic. I know you love your dog and looking at those expressions, it's mutual!!

[OneGuy67]

You sir, are a good man! That is one happy dog!

[BPTactical]

My dad was a veterinarian and he used to see cases like this frequently. We never paid too much attention to them but when my moms Daschund(sp) injured her back from tumbling down the outside stairs and basically became a paraplegic my dad did not have the heart to put her down. He thought about it and between us we came up with a solution. I bent up some aluminum rod into a contraption that looked almost like a harness racing sulky. We put a couple of wheels from the hardware on it and I sewed up a nylon sling that the dog was suspended from but left her front legs free. Looked funny as hell but she got used to it and lived a long life. We built a ramp for the stairs and the dog never knew the difference.
We ended up making a couple more for clients dogs.
We do go to the limits for our family members.
Good for you Fentonite!

Jackthewall-nothing ventured, nothing gained.

[Fentonite]

That's a really cool story, Bert. We've looked into that sort of thing (shes goes to OrthoPets, and they make prosthetics, wagons, dolphin tails, you name it), but her front legs are too shot to take the extra load. As long as she's happy and bright-eyed, we'll do whatever we can for her. I look at it this way: I have no doubt that she'd give her life to protect my wife (very protective), so how could I not do what I can for her? It sucks watching her deteriorate though.